(48 INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF EDUCATION. 
TABLE III. 
SHOWING PERCENTAGE OF STUTTERERS TO WHOLE NUMBER OF BOYS, OF GIRLS, AND BOYS AND GIRLS 
IN EACH GRADE, BY CLASSES, IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
1893. 
May 1. 
1894. 
june 31 
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very beginning of instrnction in reading aloud, is noticeable and highly 
significant. 
TABLE IV. 
JHOWING THE PERCENTAGE DISTKIBUTION, BY AGE AND SEX, OF SLIGHT AND SEVERE STUTTERERS IN 
THE POSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN 1803 AND 1894. 
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No attempt was made to have the teachers distinguish between stam- 
merers and stutterers, as the distinction is not generally apprehended in 
English-speaking countries. Every stutterer whose name was returned 
was, however, characterized as “slight” or ‘“ severe.” The result of ana- 
lyzing the returns, in accordance with the distinction noted, is set forth in